Subject: [xsl] Re: attribute closest match From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:00:14 -0700 (PDT) |
--- "Matthew L. Avizinis" <mla at gleim dot com> wrote: > Hello all, > I am comparing a series of attribute (called 'id') values in one > xml > file > with same in a second xml file. If there is an id value in the the > second > file which matches, I grab the value of the element and use it. If > there is > no match, I use the Xalan redirect extension element to emit a log > file > entry essentially stating that there wasn't a match for that id but > can't > provide much more information. It could be that there is a _nearly_ > matching id, e.g. maybe two characters are accidentally transposed. > I believe that use of computers should make our lives easier. So > what I'd > like to know is if anyone knows of any XSLT templates which can > essentially > find a _closest match_ which I could then emit to the log file or do > I > have > to resort to writing an extension function? > > thank you for any suggestions, > > Matthew L. Avizinis <mailto:mla@xxxxxxxxx> > Gleim Publications, Inc. > 4201 NW 95th Blvd. > Gainesville, FL 32606 > (352)-375-0772 > www.gleim.com <http://www.gleim.com> Can be done in XSLT, but first you have to define precisely "_closest match_". ===== Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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